Backpacks for service

A company called The Vodafone Foundation have created a new device, that is so compact that it can be classified as hand luggage on a commercial flight. This device is called the Instant Network Mini. This device connects to satellites, and can provide mobile service no matter where you are. The device was created with disaster relief in mind. If your area was hit by a typhoon, then chances are your cellphone towers are nonexistent. With that in mind, Vodafone created the Network Mini so that when relief is sent to disaster areas, the people can have cellular access once again.

(Maybe she has a Network Mini.)

This reminds me of when Mrs. Payseur was talking about what is going on in Syria. I was thinking that once this was all over, then maybe they might not have cell phone connection. Who knows? They might have disabled a few towers now. Maybe a ton of Syrians are without cell service as we speak. Well your solution has to be the Network Mini, of course.

I think its amazing that we are developing technology like this. It stands to reason this invention will go a long way. If we already have something like this, then how long will it be before we have backpacks with stable internet connection. Think about it. Maybe 30 years down the line you won't need to care if a place has free wireless fidelity or not. Maybe we will all have our own(probably paid for) wireless fidelity wherever we go.

I chose to answer: How does the author support his claim? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.

The author claims that The Network Mini is a "highly portable mobile network in a backpack", and that it is used for "voice and SMS communications in areas hit by disaster". The author supports this by providing factual evidence. To support that it is highly portable, the author states," The device weighs just 11 kg (24.3 lb) and is small enough to be taken as hand luggage on commercial flights". This shows that it is small(only 25 pounds), and that it is portable(can be hand luggage). The author supports that it is used in disaster stricken areas by quoting a spokesperson from Vodafone. The spokesman from Vodafone stated,"We have most recently collaborated with SMART in the Philippines to provide support after Typhoon Haiyan". This shows that they are using it in disaster stricken areas.


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